Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1898, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1898-12 PAGES. : THE EVENING STAR, SPECIAL NOTICES. EXCITEMENT AT THE ZOO 2 ee . | PENALTY FOR ‘CONTEMPT SPIRITUALISM. “NWS HALL, 721 6TH ST. Equity Court No. i—Justice Cox. - = nw ind Friday Marsh agt. Coakley; pro confesso against faring tt defendant, Mary A. Coakley granted and GAULE ef Bait SPIRITUALISM. st. aw., THURSDAY E derfut spirit phenomena. fF TEMPLE, 513 9TH . February 3. Won- Mr. Keele ie TU AL MES STEPHENS. TRA SIFTINGS DAILY.” CIRC f 42 A ST. fime taken to secure from ns an estimate on supplying every stick of 1 mier and th every piece of Wood construction of a house. > buy from us can bid low- us secure more contracts. és I, Ist & Ind. ave. ‘Phone 217. . foot of 4th st. se "Phone 551 A “Brief” Treat printed “Brief us print them fo cilities for Brief printing Briefs, ‘We. S, “Prompt™ Print , 512 11th St. f i4d Japanese Linen Tablets. Esp Hy suited fer the office for ordinary 2 ality—ruled and Ty low. ER FI inets—in bandsex Bere temas for I yoices ca Beationesy and Oftice Supplies. Easton& Rupp, 421 11th St fez-14d the 3 supplied with the ‘So and bundreds of other It is undoubtedly the We are sole D. C. inion well-known concerns. best cement on the market. agents. John B. Espey, “My "Hobby HARDWARE, 1010 e. 1? Flat-opening Journals, Ledgers and Day Books ruled to order. Save a heap of work and worry. Tell your bockkeepe~. HODGES, 511 9th st. fe2-Ga Life In -arice For the Klondike in Life Insurance Feoits'timeaor Life imsuranece po ies bought and money loaned on them L DAWAY, 1308 F st. n.w. DAY NIGHTS. 8 ovclock. ects daily through independent JalS1m* WE HEREWITH GIVE NOTICE THAT MR. Harry L. Johnson is no longer connected with us. PABST BREWING CO. porsible for any debts of any ure made by Mrs. W. M. Tunstall or Vearie Peebles Tunstall after this date (Feby. 1, 1898) fel-at® yo M. TUNSTALL, M.D. WILLIAM ©. ENTISS. ATTORNEY-AT-LX has removed bis office to Room 23, second fico! in the new W; building, corner 14th and. F re1-5t* T PRETTY rook RESULTS te have balf a dozen printers You have a good tailor aml you have a geod hatter and You don't get competitive fig Te is en it. him him. THE Way Hi r in printing “figeee™ yeur clothes or bats. ¢ Why should on your printing? Good printing is net a nmodity. It is a product of thought and labor—done with brains aud experience. That Lind my patrons get—tke other sort Is left to the “other fellows.” And no higher priees U1 prove ure needed to secure good printing. NORMAN ‘T. ELLI loth st. Tel. 1679. fel-lid Some of Keen's Over- coats last winters. end, of course! — Good thing for clothiers that all men won't learn tbis great lesson in economy! EN, TAILOR, 1310 F ST. PEN, TAILOS eles Andirons lend a quaint, old-time charm to The room wherein they are placed—and since inaugurated our re ERRED STOCK DIVIDEND, NO. 11. ‘The regular qnarterly dividend (No. 11) of one and three-quarters per cent will be paid on preferred capitals pbophone Company. kbclders of recor fer books close betw of the directors. ry 15, February 1. a said dates. THOMAS J. _jal5-w&sinfels ALL PERSONS HAV! PLEDC ON DE- posit wih H. K. Fulton om which is due one Fear's interest or more are hereby notified to call and pay interest cr the same wili be sold at pub- lie auction FEBRUARY . ja20-6t* HK. F E. D. GODWIN, s TAYLOR'S PORTRAIT GALLERY. In order to introduce onr new Carbonetts and latest mounts, we have reduced the price for a Mmited number of sittings. Carbonetts, cabinet Size, with one colored, $3.00 per dozen. Photographs from $1.00 per dozen up. All work executed in artistic taste. Sample work in studio. ja2S-1w TAYLOR'S, 15th and G sts. ETOFORE EXISTING ‘ampbell & Son is THIS DAY, by dissolved. The business will be continued at the old stands by J. Frank Camp- bell. who assumes all debts of the old firm and Will exlect all bills due the same. JOHN T. CAMPBELL, J. FRANK CAMPRELL, Ja28-1w* The The delicicus flavor of THARP'S PURE BERKELEY fs what recom- Taste. kies, it has the most delicate flavor, the mest delightful aroma. Ja26-10d . THARP, 812 THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD- rs of the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Ver- will be held at 12:39 . on the Sth day of FEBRUARY, at the principal office of the company, irfaxst., Alexandria, Va. Pr. K a hington election of dire at ‘the ottice Y, w.. MONDAY, 7. 1808. ‘The polls will be open from lock noon to 1 o'clock p.m. Mit ; B. ORME, Secretary. Ss RINARY HOSPITAL, w.—Open day and night. Special: tles—Lameness and examining as to_sonndness for inte DAVID MeMASTER, D., Veterinar. "Phone 135. del5-5tt RUSSIAN TROOPS IN CHINA, y¥ Makes Additional Dem: © Murder of a Sailor. Accord‘ng to a special d‘spatch from . the critical point of the Chinese getiations was Great Britain’s in- that the British should alw is that several thousand s. which have been guarding rans-Siberian railroad, have entered uria with the consent of the Pekin authorities. Germany, ording to a dispatch from Shanghai, demands that Pert Arthur “and T: Li en Wan gre made free ports. nany has demanded further conces- i in the shape of railrcads in the bang-Tung peninsula, as compensation for the assassination of tae sa‘lor Schulz, who was mvrdered by a nese wob while en sentry du -——- eee — Retura of Admiral MeNair. Admiral McNair, who was recently re- Heved of the command of the United States ferces on the Asiatic station by Commodore Dewey, reported at the Navy Department today his return to the United States. The edmiral was accompanied by his staff, Li Logan and Remey, and it is ex- pected he will be assigned to duty as Pres- iéent of the naval examining and retiring beard. to succeed Admiral Beardslee, just retired. . —-e- Secretary Alger’s Improvement Con- tinues. Secretary Alger is said today to be fully maintaining the ground he has gained to- ward complete recovery sire Sunday, and his family are now confident that ne will be able to leave Washington for a short trip of reeuperaticn within a few days. Act- ing Secretary Meiklejohn had a short con- ference with him this morning. | Intense Interest in the Reappearance of the Ground Hog. Sunshine and Shadow and Their Ef- fect Upon the Weather—Record of the Bureau. we There was an air of expectancy out at the Zoo this morning, which seemed to pervade the whole population of that little reserva- tion of Uncle. Sam’s dumb charges. There were frequent glances at the calendar and many looks were cast at the sun by such of the different animals as were so located that they could see the planet through the bars of their cages. Even the large py- thon, which had been resting in its corner of the glass-covered cage, and the alliga‘ crs, who lookedgs if they had indulged in dope by the bucket full, seemed to have some life about them. One of them opened his eyes and closed them, twice, and then was perfectly still for three hours and forty-nine minutes, so that it could not nave been told that he was alive. The reason of this can be readily ex- plained. It was the annual fete champetre, if it may be so called, of one“of the occu- pants of the Zoo village. In other words, this is ground hog day, and the four-toot- ed friends of the little animal, as well as the human beings, watched for his appear- ance with interest. With but one excep- ticn they did not wish to see the ground hog appear, as it is well known if he walks abroad on this day and sees his shadow it augurs six weeks of bad weather. The polar bear walked about his compartment, casting a red eye upward every once in a while to see if the sun would shine. It came out bright shortly before noon, and the bear was tickled almost to death when a nose followed by two sharp eyes and a grayish body emerged from a hole in the ground-hog village. All around was snow, and the ground hog, in spite of Superin- tendent Blackburn's effort to nold an um- brella over him, caught a glimpse of the shadow which stood out in bold relief on the snow. It was so cold that “Dr. Nan- sen,”’ as the ground hog has been named, only stayed out a moment and scurried back into his hele. Fight to a Finish. It is now a fight to the finish between the ground hog and the weather bureau, for while the latter acknowledges it is cold at present the forecast is that it will be much more pleasant in a day or so. The weather man was in excellent form yesterday in the matter of his predictions, not only in Washington, but elsewhere. It was stated in ‘The Star yesterday that mercury would probably go down degrees during the night, which it that being the minimum. morning the thermometer registered aid, At 8 o'clock this 10 degrees, and last night was the coldest one of the winter. Christmas morning the mer- cury slipped down to 13 degrees in the gen- eral hurrying and bustle of the time, with- out being noticed, but the weather people soon fixed it. They’ might have been nap- ping, in order to let old Santa Claus do his work properly, but after that they kept their eye on the treacherous mercury. it was not so cold m Washington this morning as it was in New York, where the thermometer showed four. degrees, which was the same as indicated in Chicago. At Albany it was six degrees below. Last night, as was forecasted by the bureau, the taercury went down to about twenty-six de- grees at Jacksonville, while it was thirty degres at Tampa, and there was a frost as far south as Jupiter. In Philadelphia this morning the temperature at 8 o'clock was eight degrees. As far as the weather bu- reau is concerned, nothing at all is known of Boston, as no reports have been received from there since the night of January 31, on account of the terrible blizzard which has raged there, it is stated. ‘The indication for tonight is threatening weather, possibly snow; moderating tomor- row. It is thought the cold wave will last two or three days, and then the capital will bask again in its usual mild spring-like weather. The First Shock Over. After the first shock of the cold, which affected Washingtonians much as does the sudden plunge of a man unaccustomed to It into a cold bath, they rallied and made hght of it. There was a general scamper- ing abcut for heavier clothes, furs and the like, to keep the cold vut, but further than this, little notice was taken of the low tem- perature. Today there are but few expres- sions heard such as “Is it cold enough for you?” and “Regular Klondike weather.” Even the bicyclists have got over their @istaste ¥ the cold and have stopped grum- tling at the inconvenience to which it places them. They have been seen on the streets this morning, wheeling along, as usual, as if they did not mind the cold in the least. A number of sleighs, some of most stylish trappings, have been seen on the streets, and Washington has transformed itself in- to another St. Petersburg for the time be- ing. No doubt ‘f this thing continues the cafes and restaurants will be selling vodkt. The street car business has been greatly in- creased by the co'd, as many persons do not care to expose themselves to the icy blasts or trust themselves to the slippery streets. They were running much more regularly this morning than yesterday, and there were few delays of passengers. —— High School Cl: Reunion. The first annual reunion of the class of ’#, Washington Business High School, was held last evening at Masonic Hall, Penn- sylvania avenue and 4th street southeast. A very interesting program had been arranged by a committee appointed for the purpose, and its rendition was greatly en- joyed by the members of the class and their fwiends. The class officers of ‘97, having the unanimous indorsement 0: the class, were re-elected for the ensuing year. A mandolin quartet, composed of Messrs. Amiss, Todd and R. E. and T. Weaver, played selections. A cornet solo by Mr. Joseph Quinter, a piano solo by miss Mc- Donald, and a duet by Messrs. Amiss and White followed. The address for the evening was made by one of the members of the class, who, during the course of his remarks, dwelt at length on the history of the class and paid a high tribute to the school faculty. Re- freshments were served, after which there was dancing. Those present were Misses Abner, Adams, Barker, Beall, Burch, Collison, Hartley, Huyett, Lamond, Mann, MeNelly, the Misses McDonald, Tuthill, Robinette, Wag- ner, Watson, Watkins and Wimsatt, Messrs. Amiss, Ball, Beall, Durfey, Finn, Burgess, Franc, Hall, Jones, Lamond, Mann, Huyett, Meynes, Quinter, Richard- son, Smith, Todd, White, Thomas, Vessy and the Messrs. Weaver. = gee The post office at Canton, Mass., was broken into by burglars and $2,000 in stamps carried off. = “A dying anchorite,”- said Sidney Smith, “would be tempted to eat it.” He didn’t happen to be referring to Liebig LEE PPOODPSEDHOEGESY PSEISESSD $ pee pany’s : ‘Extract of Beef but it would be true enough SPEOOSESS FHOSTIDE SE SEES of any of the delicious soups, sauces or made dishes in which this famous product is used. Your grocer knows the and so can you, by the es, in blue on the jar. lett agt. appearance of defendant Thomas A. Coak- ley ordered. Washington Brewing Com- pany agt. Boland; John Roche made party complainant. Grever agt. Grover; appear- ance of absent defendants ordered. Mil- ford agt. Nash; pro confesso against de- fendants all granted. Dowell agt. Dowell; counsel fees and alimony allowed. Jack- son agt. Jackson; George R. Linkins ap- pointed guardian ad litem. Offutt agt. ‘Wilson; pro confesso made absolute. Dor- man agt. ‘man; testimony before Jno. W. Hulse, examiner, ordered taken. Trip- Triplett; do. before Margaret Murray, examiner. Kane agt. Kane; Wm. H. Dennis appointed guardian ad litem. Equity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Anderson agt. Anderson; rule to show cause returnable February 9. Ashdown agt. Ashdown; testimony ordered taken be- | fore J. Walter Wheatley, examiner, and alimony pendente lite ordered paid. Bla- key agt. Blakey; testimony ordered taken before W. W. Mohun, examiner. En- twisle agt. Entwisle: order to pay ali- mony and counsel fees. Supplee Hardware Company agt. Diggs et al.; demurrer sus- pees and bill dismissed without preju- dice. Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Robinson agt. District of Columbia; jury respited. Conlan agt. St. Clair; judgment on mandate and order to return deposit. Morrison agt. B. and O. R. R. Co.; bill ot exceptions signed. .Pickrell agt. Danen- hower; judgment by default. Jackson agt. District of Columbia; judgment in certio- ari. Blout agt. District of Columbia; do. Circuit Court No. 2—Justice McComas. Glassie agt. Knox Express; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- am United States agt. John E. Reeves, lar- ceny; defendant arraigned, plea not guilty. United States agt. Charles Banks, larceny from the person; on tri: United States agt. James Lindsey, do.; verdict guilty. United States agt. James A. Jordan, vio- Jating section 5451, R. 8. U. 8.; defendant arraigned, plea not guilty. United States agt. Thomas Granes, false pretenses; nolle pros. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Bradley. Bernard J. McMahon agt. Daniel Lough- ran; judgment on_ verdict. Lemuel 0. Fletcher agt. Met. R. R. Co.; motion for new trial filed. —_>—_—_ FOUND IN DISTRESS. Woman Discovered in| Frozen Condition. Policeman Bean of the sixth precinct was summoned to the house of Mr. H. T. Caton, No. 453 G street northwest by a report that a woman lodger in the house had not been seen since last Saturday. The woman re- ferred to is Mrs. Catherine Smith, about forty-five years old, whose husband is a soldier at Hampton. Two months ago she rented a basement room in Mr. caton's house. Her husband was here at that time, but he returned to Hampton. When the policeman called at the house and knocked at the woman's door he re- ceived no response. Then he broke open the door, and there he found the woman, apparently almost frozen. In the poorly furnished room there was a bed and stove, but there was no fire in the stove. Some rice that had been left in a pan on the table was frozen solid, and other than this there was nothing to eat found in the room. “Ill be all right.” said the woman when questioned. “Just let me alone and I'il take care of my own affairs.” The police ambulance was sent for, but Mrs. Smith refused to go to the hospital. Mrs. Caton had a fire started in che stove and provided her with something to eat. The physician to the poor was sent for to attend her. It is stated that sixteen years ago Mrs. Smith lost her only child, and she has brooded over her loss until her m.nd is affected. She formerly lived in Philadel- phia, where, it is stated, she spent some time in an ylu: m Almost ———— STUDIED THE MAP FOR HIMSELF. George Sullivan Makes a Novel Trip to Pacific Coast and Back. Little George Sullivan is a Brooklyn boy. His well-shaped head is bright outside and in, because his hair is red enough to flag a train, and his brain is quick, active, alert and well balanced. Gcorge left his home in Brooklyn after school was over on the 25th of last June, and, with a bootblack’s box swung over his shoulder, started out to see the Union. He didn’t believe every- thing he had regf in his geography, so he concluded to run over the map for himself. He went vy the B. and 0. route to St. Louis, but he did not ride inside of a car, but made his journey on the bunkers be- neath. He reached Denver, Salt Lake and San Francisco by this same mode of transit, industricusly blacking boots at his stop- ping-off places and sensibly buying postal notes with his extra money, which he mail- ed to himself at Brooklyn. He had a good time on the Coast, and made his return trip in the same way he went west, only he came by way of El Paso. He reached Washington this morning and will leave for his home in Brooklyn tonight. He will have ten or fifteen dollars in postal notes awaiting his coming, and will take up schooling again next week. George 1s six- teen years old, lives with his father and mother, who gave their consent to his making the novel trip, and says the United States is the biggest and best country on earth, because he’s been clean across it. —_—_— No Clue Yet Obtained. No word has been yet received from Er- nest Beck, the aged baker who diseppear- ed from his home in Southeast Washing- ton more than two weeks ago. Harbor- master Sutton, who has made several searches of the James Creek canal, said today that he ‘was not fully satisfied that Beck's body is not in this death trap. 2 Will Have a, Conference. Mr. John K. Cowen, one of the receivers of the Baltimore and.Ohio Railroad Com- peny, and other officials of that company will have a conference with the District Commiss‘oners at 3 o'clock this afternoon relative to the proposed improvement of the Washington terminal of the road. Tustice Church Decii ommgiatad Imposing : Each Defendant te Ihn- prisonment in D#taulf-Proceea- ings at the Trial Today. Sentencea 3 L- The proceedings against Hiram Walker, Perry Carson and Policeman Wisewell Wheeler for contempt of a justice of th> /-peace were continued this morning at 10. o'clock in the office of Justice of the Peace Samuel R. Church, the offictal who issued the writ by which Walker's ash cart was seized for a debt of $8 some days ago, as fully told in The Star at the time. The proceedings were continued from last Fri- day, the date originally set for the hearing. At the tim? mentioned Mr. Carson had ignored the charge ageinst him, -and he followed the same course today. Police- man Wheeler was also unrepresented. Walker, the only d2fendant, was on hand. There were several witnesses who were heard on various phases of the question, the list including Chief Clerk Sylvester of pclice headquarters, Detective Proctor and Ccustable Edwards, who served the writ on Walker. Mr. W. P. Wood appeared in the interests of Walk2r, while Mr. Ernest ‘Holtzman represented the constable. Constable Edwards’ Statement. The facts in the case were related by Maryland and V' THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Obeervations taken at or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Sha during preceding twelve hours. ‘The words “High” barometer. Small arrows Ly with the wind. 8 a.m., Tih meridian time. Solid lines are isobars, of an inch. Dotted Mnes are isotherms, or lines of ded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen and “Low show location of areas of bigh and low THREATENING. Possibly Light Snow Tonight and To- morrow and Warmer. Forecast till 8 pm. Thursday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware, irginia, threatening weath- Constable Edwards and Walker. Edwards jer and possibly light’ snow tenight and stated that b2fore he served the writ he informed Walker who he was and showed hin the paper, and that Walker wanted to stop and parley with him. He had tried to get the horse and cart away as quickly as ke could, because a crowd always collect: on such occasions, and made the execution of the process more difficult. When he saw that Walker was resisting. him, and realizing that a breach of the peac> was bound to occur, he blew his whistle for a policeman, at the same time deputizing two bystanders to assist in serving the writ. The policeman came in time, h> said, and the moment that his two deputica attempted to take the cart, arrested them and Walker, and took them away. Before this, how2ver, some one had suggested that as. the writ was without a seal it was not valid, and advised Walker not to comply { with the constable’s demand. This left the horse and éart unprotected and Constable Edwards then took charge of them, On attempting to lead the horse away, however, he was met by Perry Car- son, he said, who caught hold of the bridle of the horre and would not let him move it. At that moment a summons came from the court for him and he had to relinquish possession of the property. After the case was dismissed he saw Walker hurrying out of the door and when he got to the alley Walker and the cart and horse were gone. Walker was then put on the stend and his testimony contradicted nearly every statement that the officer had made, ex- cept as to the matter of the policeman ar- resting the trio. The Police Regulations. Chief Clerk Sylvester was called and read an amendment iade to section 47 of the manual for the guicance of the police force, October 20, 1807, which was as fol- lows “When a constable is engaged in serving or executing processes issued by a justice o? the peace, and thertis interference witi? such constable, it is tte duty of the policd officers to prevent the samé and preserve the peace.” y It was contended by Lawyer Holtzman that all three of the partiés were clearly in contempt, and that no plaincr case could be made. “> o Lawyer Wood pleaded ignorance for his client and said that he was merely stand- ing up for his.rights.. He also cited the matter of the seal, and said that his client being. ignorant of such-matters, thought, of course, that his property was being taken frcm him in an unlawful manner, and that he had no intention ‘of resisting a duly authorized officer of the geévernment. ~ Justice Church, in rendering his decision, said that he proposed to be more lenient with Walker, as be ‘considered him the least of the three offéndersi He also took occasion to say some pretty sharp things about policemen, and’ said that he consid- ered Policeman Wheeler to be the most in contempt. *He therefore imposed a penalty on Walker of $8 or three days in jail, Per- ry Carson, $5 or five days in jail, and Po- liceman Wheeler, $10, or ten days in jail, and instructed Constable Edwards to carry out the sentence. The Exemption Clause. At the close of the contempt proceedings Lawyer Holtzman made a plea for a re- opening of the care of Adams vs. Walker, the decision in which was given lust week by Justice Church, to the effect that under the exemption laws Walker’s cart and horse could not be seized, as he was the head of a family. Mr. Holtzman cited many authorities to show that by the head of a family or a householder within the scope of the exemp- ticn laws was meant one who contributes to the support of a family or members thereof, not one who is merely married, but who does not live with his wife. He stated that Walker's wife had not lived with him for six years; that she had a service place and boarded at her place of employment, visiting her husband once in a while, and that according to the latter's own statement during the course of the trial. ke could remember but two instances in a long time that he had given her any money at all. He said that Adarhs was a pocrer man than even Walker; that he had gene to the latter’s house and done plas- tering work there, and that he needed the | $8 badly; that it was a just and honest debt, and that it should be paid. He con: tended that as Walker did not live with his wife, and did not contribute to her support, } according to his own statement, the case ; did not come within the scope of the ex- empticn laws, which are intended to pro- tect a man’s family. Lawyer Wood answered in rebuttal that the statutes of the District of Columbi: plainly decided the case, and asked that it be not reopened. Justice Church reserved | his decision, stating that he would an- nounce it by card. Thursday; not so cold; variable winds. Weather conditions and gencral forecast: The storm yesterday morning in Manitoba bas moved to Leke Huron, increasing in irtensity, ard hzs caused light snew in the lake regions, the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. Tris storm will prob- ably increase in intensity today and cause light snow in the middle Atlantic: states and in New England tonight and possibly Thursday. It has grown colder in the Atlantic states, the Rocky mountain regions, the middle and upper Missorri valle; and warmer in the middie Mississippi valley and in the eastern portion of the upper lake region. It will not be quite so cold in the Atiantic States, except in Florida, where the tem- perature will remain stationary. Light srcw may be expected in the Ohio valley, and light snow or rain in the middle and east gulf states, except fair weather in Florida. Rivers.—The following changes in the riv- | ers (in feet and tent’ Risen—Memphis, ¢ Orleans, 0.2. Above the danger line and rising—Mem- phis, 0.5, Above the danger line and falling—Cairo, 4.1, have occurred: Vicksburg, 0.4; New Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 10:17 a.m p.m.; high tide, 4:04 a.m. and 4 and 11:17 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:04 a.m.; high tide, 4 m,. and 5:15 p.m. = The Sun and Moon. Teday—Scn Moon sets. 5:0: Tomorrew—Sun ri: 206; sun sets, 5:22. m. tomorrow. 7:05. The City Lights, Gas lamps all lighted by 6:31 p'm.: ex- tirguishing begun at 6:13 a.m. The light- ing is begun ‘one hour before the ume named. Are lamps lighted at 6:16 p.m. extin- guished at 6:28 a.m. tas biger Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at § a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 38; condi- tion, 8; receiving reservoir, temperature, 34; condition at north connection, 13; condition at south connection, 7; distributing reser- ; condition at influent gate house, 5. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following are the readings of the thermometer ai the weather bureau for th: pas: ‘wenty-four ours, begin: o'clock yesterday mcueateails P.m., 19; 8 p.m., 17; midnight, 13. 2, 4.a.m., 10; 8 a.m. 10; 12'm, Pm., 21. Maximum, 21, at 2 p.m.’ Febru- ary 2; minimum, 9, at 7 a.m., February 2. The following re the readings of the bar- ometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: February 1, 4 p.m. 29.00; 8 p.m., 30.04; midnight, 30.16. Feb- vary 2, 4 a.m., 30.24; 8 a.m., 30.29; 12 m., 15. 25, and 2 p.m., afternoci: February 1, 4 ¥ ‘ebruary FRESH AIR FOR THE HOUSE. Its X Was So Great That a Dill to Remedy It Has Been Intreduced. Persons who entered the House wing of the Capitol today by way of the lower floor were greeted by a most offensive odor, which permeated the entire place. The air reeked with fouiness, and although every one asked what caused it no one was able to answer beyond venturing the supposi- tion that it was due to the lack of ventila- tion and an unusual accumulation of foul air. The air is always bad in the House wing, but at some times it is worse than at others, and today was one of those occa- sions.’ The senators have appropriated enough money out of the public funds from time to time to supply the Senate wing of the Capitol with fresh air while senators are engaged upon the nation’s business, but members ef the House continue to suf fer from insufficient ventilation of their part of the building. The insamtary condition of the House and its corridors has caused Mr. Skinner | to introduce the following resolution: “That the officer now by law in charge of public buildings and grounds be instructed to execute, without delay, in behalf of the United States, with some reputable person, firm or corporation now engaged in busi- ness as heating and ventilating engineers, | a contract for increasing and improving the ventilation and heating of all that portion of the Capitol known as the House wing, which shall contain the provisions follow- ing: The contract shall require the intro- duction of fresh air at such rate as will supply at least ten cubic feet thereof per minute for each person present when the various apartments herein included are crowded, and the exhaustion of at least an equal quantity of foul air from points in or near the ceilings of said apartments. It shall require all materials used to be of such character as shall be suited to the ar- chitecture and finish of the building. The apparatus, when finished and installed, shall be tested by actual measurement of the quantities of air exhausted and ad- mitted. The fresh air shall be admitted at such places, near the floors, and in such direction, as shall avoid unpleasant and in- jurious drafts, and the heating apparatus shall be capable of warming the air ad- mitted at the coldest season to a tempera- ture of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. “The contractor shall guarantee that the apparatus installed shall well and success- fully accomplish the purpose herein set forth or included in the contract. He shall give bond in a sum sufficient to cover the removal of the apparatus, should the same not be successful, and the replacing of the building in its present condition. Of the sum to be paid for the work, be the same more or less, one-fourth shall be retained { and not paid until, by actual test of meas- ; urement, the apy ‘atus is found to be suc- cessful and adequate. “Each proposing bidder shall be required first tc refer the officer in charge of public bulidings and grounds to some work of similar character successfully executed by him on like plans and on a large scale. The plans of each bidder shall be completely set forth in drawings attached to the pro- posal. The construction and installation of the apparatus shall be carried out under the supervision of the officer herein in- structed.” MR. SHAFROTH: “WE WON'T DO seceaeee [oo & THING TO THE WASHINGTON POLICE.’ NDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Son Ce ee er ree RENT (Offices) RENT (Pia PERSONAL. POTOMAC RIV LROADS SPECIAL NOTK Ce ce CONDENSED LocaLa, During the past few weeks the show win- dows of several merchants on F street have Leen disfigured more or less by some mali- cicusly inclined person. Judging from the appearance of the windows it would seem that a diamond had been used in cutting the same. In one instance it has been nec- essary to put in new glass, One of the large plate glasses in the show Windows of the establishment of W. B- Mos ons were blown in yesterday by the force of the wind. The District Commissioners have ap- peinted William Moten as a laborer on the executive roll, vice T. C. Coolidge, resigned. The fine cantata, Jerusalem, by Mr. Frank Wilson and chorus of fifty voices, grand organ, orchestra and special artists, will be given at Hamline Church, Wednes- cay, February 16. = Ne © To Extend a Charter. Mr. Meyer has introduced a bill in the Hose providing that the act to amend end extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company be extended and con- tinued in force for the period of twenty yeirs from April 9, 1898; and that all legal rights and privileges conferréd upon the Franklin Insurance Company by the or- iginal act of incorporation, cr by any of the acts amending and extending the seme, ard all legal obligations and responsibilities imposed upon the company by those act: gkell be extended and ‘continued in for: for twenty years. The shareholders in the company shal! be personally Hable for all the debts of the company to an amount eqval to the par value of their shares, and no part of the capital stock of the company shall be witadrawn, and any director or stockholder assenting thereto shall be per- sonally Hable for all dcbis of said company existing at the time of such withdrawal. And Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act. Real Gold. An exhibit of interest to prospective gold seekers and others not familiar with the real stuff can be seen at Thompson's Urug store, on Lith street, in the shape of gold dust and nuggets to the value of $6,365, from Alaska and the state of Washington. The whole weighs an ounce less than twenty-eight pounds, and is shown by the Great Northern railway, and is in charge of Moses Folsom of St. Paul, Minn. Folsom thinks Washington is on the eve of a rich mining devclopment. He has the evidence of the existence of gold there in the form~of nuggets from a lot of $10,400 worth washed from forty square feet of 5 — FINANCIAL. PACKING, MOVING, SHIPPING Delicate, fragile and costly articles of every description handled under guarantee against damage. ESTIMATES FURNISHED, Fireproof Warehouse, Am. Sec. and Trust Co.,. 1140°15th St. (1t) "Phone 463. PUT AWAY A PART OF YOUR Wages" Bank And be sure of having something stored up for ainy day.” LEY & BAR ¥" BARROSS. ROSS, ° WM. Gui BANKERS AND BROKERS, 13 ST. Members of WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGR, «New York. Correspondents, AS HUNTER, COOPER & CO. ° Members of NEW YORK STOCK Stocks, Bonds and Local Secarities Bought and Sold —Cash or Margin, Private Wire to New York. Telephone 290. 27-14,10 REAL ESTATE. Mice has constantly on hand money to loan on real estate in euch amounts ax may be required, and at rates of interest varying from 5 to 6 per cent, according to location apd secarity? No delay. Apply by person or by lette \ B. H. WARNER & CO., wie F st. _.. MONEY TO LOAN IX SUMS FROM $1,000 U: ARD, AT LOWEST RATE OF INTEREST, REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. RO. BOL o MAX, 10TH AND’ F STS. N.W. faite Being the Washington representatives of fout of the largest savings banks of Baltimore, Md, together with our private niage, We wre prey pared to entertain all first-class lous at a minit mum cost to the borrower. ave. Wescott, Wilcox & Hieston, $020-1m_ n. Loan & Trust Co ort PAID-UP CAPITAL, 0 Loans in any amount made real estate or collateral, rates, Interest paid upon depcsiis on a ances subject to chek. “2 This company acts trator, trustee, agent, treasnier, registrar and in all other fiduciary enpacities Boxes for rent in burglar and fire-proof vaults for safe deposit and stornge of vals uable packages, EDSON qoy : Pr JOUN A. SWOPE. ‘Vice “Presiden ELLIS SPE. 2d View Preside -- -‘Preasur Es ceretary Real Bsiate Ofte BANKERS, EBBITT HOUSE BUILDING, Offer for sale the o 6 70 Debenture Bonds and Mortgages of the Bunnell and Eno Investment Co. of Philadelphia. Also transact a general Banking and Rrokerng( business. : de18-2aw3m28 Lewis Johnson & Co., Bankers {ESTABLISHED 1858), 1315 F STREET N. W., SUN BUIL FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. BONDS AND STOCKS. CABLE TRANSFERS. LETTER: OF CREDIT. _Jal4-I1m Perpetual Building Association. In Operation Sixteen Years. Assets = = = = $1,750,811.32 Liabilities - - 1,609,224.89 Surplus = - = = = 141,586.43 Doing more business than ever before. sfoney taken at all times. No back dues. Pay- ing 5 per ceut per. annum. CHARLES C. DUNCANS( JOHN COOK, Secretary, 506 11th 3a13-1m C. T. Havenner, BOOMS 9 AND 11, ATLANTIC EUILDING, Stock and Grain Broker. Direct Wires to New York and Chicago, Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton, Beught and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. Careful attention given to FRACTIONAL LOTS. ees F L. LOBING, 10 Wall st., New fork. —— CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F st., Glover building, Correspondents of Messrs. Moore &” Scliley, Broodway, {0 Governwent, Bonds, President. aw, = Beston and i bought at * A ity made of investment securities. Dis- trict and all loral Railroad, Gas, Insurance ‘Telephone Stock dealt in. American Bell Telephore Stock bought and sold, 5e53-164 a W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspondents of LADENFURG, THALMANN & ©O., Gc8-166 Kew York. Money at 5 Per Cent toLoan dh pS emg District of Columbia. No de- j-tf =i ELL & McLERAN. 1008 F st. — MR. WILSON’S SOUTHERN TRIP. He’ Will Look Imte the Question of ‘Tobacco a Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural De- partment will leave Washington, in a week the sou! s